复 fù

return; repeat; repeatedly

HSK 3 #426

DEFINITIONS

  • return
  • repeat
  • repeatedly
  • to go and return
  • to return
  • to resume
  • to return to a normal or original state
  • to repeat
  • again
  • to recover
  • to restore
  • to turn over
  • to reply
  • to answer
  • to reply to a letter
  • to retaliate
  • to carry out
  • to double
  • to overlap
  • complex (not simple)
  • compound
  • composite
  • double
  • diplo-
  • duplicate
  • overlapping
  • to duplicate
  • variant of 復|复[fu4]
  • to cover
  • to overflow
  • to overturn
  • to capsize

STROKES

复 stroke order diagram
复 stroke order animation

WORDS

复古 fù gǔ to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration); to turn back the clock; neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文; retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s)
复印机 fù yìn jī photocopier
复出 fù chū to come back out of retirement; to get involved again after having withdrawn
文艺复兴 wén yì fù xīng the Renaissance
来复枪 lái fù qiāng rifle (loanword); also written 來福槍|来福枪
不复 bù fù no longer; no more
复查 fù chá rechecking; re-inspection; reexamination
一去不复返 yī qù bù fù fǎn gone forever
年复一年 nián fù yī nián over the years; year after year
反复无常 fǎn fù wú cháng unstable; erratic; changeable; fickle
复赛 fù sài (sports) semifinal or quarterfinal; to compete in a semifinal (or a quarterfinal)
复述 fù shù to repeat (one's own words or sb else's); (in the classroom) to paraphrase what one has learned; variant of 複述|复述[fu4 shu4]
反反复复 fǎn fǎn fù fù repeatedly; time and time again
平复 píng fù to pacify; to calm down; to be cured; to be healed
复数 fù shù plural; complex number (math.)
复本 fù běn copy
错综复杂 cuò zōng fù zá tangled and complicated (idiom)
复位 fù wèi to restore sb or sth to its original position; to regain the throne; to reset (a dislocated joint, an electronic device etc); reset
复健 fù jiàn rehabilitation; recuperate
复诊 fù zhěn another visit to doctor; further diagnosis
复员 fù yuán to demobilize; demobilization
复杂化 fù zá huà to complicate; to become complicated
复杂性 fù zá xìng complexity
复婚 fù hūn to remarry (the same person)
恢复期 huī fù qī convalescence
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